That’s kind of the point; it’s not a straw man, it’s saying that the options should be considered on their merits not on irrelevancies. “There are no bonus points added to the scoring just because nuclear looks cool when it glows”

“Glowing in the dark” refers to nuclear power sources. Hope this helps.

It doesn’t need one perfect solution, just needs the best solution to become dominant. Obviously solar is not perfect or even best in every situation, but you don’t need 100%.

batteries degrade over time, meaning we will need a continous way to replace them, and since most manufacturers of batteries are located in China

Batteries are largely recyclable and worth recycling, at least the ones of the scale used for grid-scale power storage.

And manufacturing can be done outside of china; it’s just a bit more expensive.